Near-Earth object / ID: 2004486
4486 Mithra is a near-Earth object of the APO orbit class — Near-Earth asteroid orbits which cross the Earth’s orbit similar to that of 1862 Apollo. Radar and photometric estimates put it between 2km - 4.5km across. It has been followed since 1987-01-29 across 2095 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2036-Jul-26 06:19, passing at 60.592 LD. JPL classifies it as a potentially hazardous asteroid, a label driven by its size and how close its orbit comes to ours — not by a predicted impact.
Data source: NASA NeoWs API
Visualization: mesh render
Hazard analysis
PHA status
Potentially hazardous
Min. orbit intersection
0.046 AU
Orbit uncertainty
0 / 9 (well determined)
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
13.45 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
60.592 LD
Miss distance (km)
23,301,908 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.750 AU
Aphelion
3.660 AU
Orbital period
1196.1 days
Inclination
3.030°
Eccentricity
0.660
Semi-major axis
2.205 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
2km - 4.5km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
15.6 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
2,095